Position now 26deg03minN 019deg38minW the weather cleared up this afternoon allowing a glimpse of the sun which allowed the batteries to be topped up. No food until this evening a delicious meal of Tuna Lasagne with tomatoes and onions, with the obligatory green tea. Anthony wanted me to tell you all that he has learned to complete all his ablutions and and catering needs during the daylight hours. He says that at night it is pitch black and quite eerie with only yourself as company. I asked him if he has started to talk to himself and he said he always does anyway!!! There is about a 1.5 metre swell at the moment and even that is enough to roll him around in the cabin pod knocking him against the sides of the boat and sending things all over the place. Anthony has managed a conversation with the electrician and will need to perform some maintenance and general fault finding on the power management system. There is annoying intermittent fault that needs some attention. The rowing continued as normal 4 hours on, a break and 4 hours on again. For those of you interested his backside is still very sore but the cream works wonders!!! His hands are getting tougher but the joints are a bit stiff. There is still plenty of shipping in the general area mostly on its was to Las Palmas. Anthony says that he is hoping for a reasonable sleep tonight and will not have to read to wind down.
BW (Land based co ordinator)